The modern wedding custom in Putian, Fujian Province has traces of six ancient rites.

In the past, most marriages of Putian people were listening? Parents' orders, matchmaker's words? Yes Young men and women rarely have the right to marry independently. When choosing marriage, people of different generations in the same family or relatives should not get married, and the social status and economic situation of both men and women should also be considered, that is, they should be suitable. Nowadays, the marriage customs in Putian, Fujian are all ancient? Six gifts? Traces of.

1, matchmaking

When the children grow up, their parents ask the matchmaker to find them a partner. Some of them are in infancy or so-called. Finger belly for marriage? Yes, usually the matchmaker agrees. In order to earn the bride price, the matchmaker tries every means to sweet talk? What happened? . It is very common that this leads to marriage tragedy.

Step 2: blind date

What happened to his father after the matchmaker got him married? Is it appropriate? Yes, you can have a blind date on behalf of your children (usually the man goes to the woman's house to see his daughter). The other person wants to cook noodles or eggs as snacks. If you like them, you can eat them. If you don't like them, you can't move.

3. Send Geng Tie

If both men and women agree to this marriage, they will send each other the characters of that year through the matchmaker. Men put women's wedding cards in the kitchen basket. After three days and nights, if there is nothing at home, he feels that the woman can take care of the family. Then, each side asks a fortune teller to calculate the marriage, and see if there is any conflict between men and women, good or bad marriage and so on.

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4. Appointment

Is it broken? Eight characters? After marriage, if both parties are satisfied, the matchmaker will negotiate the bride price and dowry, and then choose an auspicious day for dating, which is commonly known as reconciliation and settlement. Male family choice? Double day? Invite 6-8 women from relatives who think they have a good fate to wear red shirts, bring gifts, send some dowry and some gold and silver jewelry to the woman's house, put rings and bracelets on the girl's hands, and hang necklaces or gold and silver locks around her neck. Hanging moon beans? . The woman set off firecrackers and distributed cakes and fruits to relatives and neighbors, indicating that her daughter had been betrothed to others. Then set snacks, set the table, set drinks to entertain male guests, and each person gave out red envelopes.

Step 5 set a date

Commonly known as the date list, may I ask? . The man asked the museum to choose the wedding date, told the woman with a red post, and the woman replied with a red post. After that, according to the agreed wedding date, both men and women choose the date as the future bride and groom? Cut? .

6, send to marry

When a girl is about to get married, her relatives and friends will give her clothes, cloth, red flowers, powder and other things to congratulate her. Send a wedding? Commonly known as Holding pollen? .

7. Najib

What is the sound change of Putian people in Naji? Test powder? . On the wedding day, the man put the unpaid dowry and gifts into a red paint tray; Put pork, noodles, Redmi jiaozi, vegetable balls and other foods into the red paint? Holding a plate? , a total of ten eight plates, divided into two groups, each group of 54, from bottom to top, from big to small, two combinations are a burden, so commonly known as? Holding a plate? . If my daughter's grandmother is still alive, she must prepare meat and face to face. Mom? . What is this custom called in Xianyou? Lift the sedan chair? .

Step 8 get married

Commonly known as marriage? Adults? Bring up children, so it's grand and there are many customs.

What are you looking for first? Can you get married? And then what? Brother Fang? . ? Can you be a sister-in-law and a happy mother? . In the old marriage, men and women never met. When the bride first arrives at the man's house, she needs to be able to record information and guide etiquette. Therefore, she should choose a middle-aged woman who is sophisticated, proficient in customs and habits, fluent in speech and good at dealing with emergencies. Choice? Brother Fang? This is the legacy of ancient predatory marriage customs. In ancient marriages, men often used violence to rob women. For fear of being snatched back by the woman, he needs to invite a group of young adults to keep vigil. After a long time, these people are busy helping others get married? Brother Fang? Because they are noisy. Send a room? ) as the center, a lot of work has been done before and after, so the host is very attentive to them. What do you call it? Brother Fang? .

The second is to arrange the bridal chamber, wedding banquet, wedding banquet, table hanging shaft, bed installation and so on. The bridal chamber is commonly known as? Wedding room? A rice screen sack and a pair of men's trousers are hung on the lintel. Hanging rice screen sacks represents a tight encirclement in order to exorcise evil spirits. Hanging men's pants is to make the bride obey her husband in the future. Hanging a red pig leg in the bridal chamber, because of custom, avoiding the wedding night? White tiger? If you occupy the bed, press it with a pig's leg to avoid getting into trouble. The room is hung on the wall except for brand-new beds, cabinets, tables and chairs. A child from Kirin? Or? Proud as a peacock? Draw a mirror screen and hang it in front of the bed? A hundred red lights? A pair? Send room information? Examples are prepared by brother-in-law, uncle or brother-in-law. The wedding banquet is located in the hall, with a long red silk hanging on the lintel and red wedding couplets. The hall is full of greetings. The night before the wedding? Up there? ), the bride and groom should hold their heads at home. Top？ ) ceremony. The bride's head shape is to open her face (remove the hair from her face with a series of lines), dress up and tie a high bun. The groom cuts his hair, shaves, wears a hat and takes a bath. Then put it on? A coat? This pair of underwear will be put away after marriage and will be worn after I die. ) Set the auspicious time in advance, please ask the beaming and energetic old man to comb the groom's hair, then tie the hair crown (put on a golden flower hat with five cores) and give it to Brother Fang to sing: This morning? Top？ I'm in a hurry, and the East is full of purple. The two surnames are harmonious, and the bride and groom make the family feel better. On the morning of the wedding day, the card table was hung vertically on the wall of the hall. Table axis commonly known as? Table virtue? Four feet long and two feet wide, written in three lines: left, middle and right; Write the groom's real name and character on the left, and the groom's virtue on the right, usually two words. Big and harmonious with the original name, use auspicious words. Write the groom's ranking in the same family and peers on the right. When hanging the watch shaft, set off firecrackers to send Fang Xiongzan: hanging the watch in time, the golden rooster welcomes the relatives and friends, and it is famous all over the world. Then the man padded the four feet of the bed with copper coins in the bridal chamber, commonly known as? Bed? With the love of husband and wife, peace and good luck, work together to get rich. Praise of sleeping on the bed: sleeping on the mattress is peaceful, the New Year is safe and happy, a pair of mandarin ducks sleep in the neck, and the husband and wife love each other for a hundred years.

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On the morning of the wedding, the man hired a red sedan chair, the matchmaker and? Can you get married? Pick up the bride at the woman's house. Red sedan chair commonly known as? Bridal sedan chair? The car is surrounded by HongLing, and there is a piece of pork hanging on the door. White tiger? Custom. The bride uses a red handkerchief. Bride cover? ) wearing a headband? Mother of the bride? For example. Can you get married? Tour guide, cry goodbye to parents, and then carry it to her husband's house. Legend? Mother of the bride? It is the embodiment of ancient Putian Huang's maternal love and adopted abandoned wife. Daughters regard her as a protector, take the red hairpin as the bone, take the lantern seat as the seat, tie 36 straws with red rope, paste red paper clothes and trousers, and tie them into the shape of a kind woman. In the old days, when a Putian woman got married, she had to take her to her husband's house to worship for peace. The bride's sedan chair arrived at the door of her husband's house, and the man's grandparents, sister-in-law, adults, children and so on. Temporarily avoided, put out the fire in the kitchen hall. Avoid rushing? I hope the family will live in harmony in the future. The bride got off the sedan chair and entered the hall, unable to touch the ground with her feet. She has to step on rice bags, five in all. Which one? When five generations meet, how many generations are good? Good luck. In Xianyou, there is a unique custom when welcoming the bride, that is, the groom should personally go to the woman's house to meet the bride.

When the bride got off the sedan chair, Brother Fang hung the mosquito net in her dowry on the bed in the bridal chamber, and sprinkled fruits such as red dates, melon seeds and peanuts on the four corners of the mosquito net. Share the bill? Take the meaning of many children and many blessings. At this time, he praised: east, west, north and south, all of them were forgiven, and even the sons of Kejia and Gui were prosperous and happy. How about seeing my brother off at dusk? Send the children? As a gift, Brother Fang is given a dragon and phoenix lantern, an ancient treasure gun, a double happiness candle and a pair of white porcelain. Baby? Fruit pots and so on set out from the land temple near the wedding banquet. As drums and music were sent to the bridal chamber, the bride and groom took over the couple. Children's lamp? Put it on the inner frame of the account. Fruit box praise: Everyone tonight? Send the children? The bride and groom smiled, the newly married fish got water, and your son was born early.

What will the bride and groom do when they get off the sedan chair? Can you get married? As a etiquette guide, worship heaven and earth first, then parents, and then husband and wife worship each other for the wedding ceremony. Later, pig heads, pig legs, noodles and so on were sacrificed to ancestors, commonly known as? Tell your ancestors? . After the groom and the bride bow down to their ancestors, they bow down to the elders of the whole family one by one. In some places, worshippers should come back? Red envelopes? . After the ceremony, both the bride and groom entered the bridal chamber.

After meeting the bride and telling her ancestors, she gave a banquet to entertain the guests. The seat on the top left of the hall facing the gate is the main seat, commonly known as? Horizontal head position? , is the seat of the bride's mother-in-law. The rest of the seats, please take the old people in the village. If my mother's uncle comes late, he must be invited again and again. The banquet can only be held after he comes.

After the banquet, send Fang Ge to the bridal chamber and make trouble in the bridal chamber. What's the first program? Put out the light? The groom picked up the bride, and the bride raised her hand and took the two lamps hanging in front of the bed? A hundred lanterns? Only after exchanging the hanging, can the bride put it down and praise: the fairy in the bridal chamber has a pair of phoenix lanterns hanging on both sides. It is a joy to exchange things, a moment of Chikaneraku's youth. ? Lights? Harmonic? Ding? Sound, light shows ding, taking the meaning of early birth (male) What's next? Do scripture? . The so-called scripture-making is the custom of ancient newlyweds. Brother Paifang prepares some interesting programs in advance. At this time, use them as directors and let the bride and groom play the leading role? Take part in accidental amusement? Couples' conversations, actions, etc. Often naughty and provocative, deliberately creating fun and embarrassment for newlyweds. What is the reason? Can you get married? Clear the field. It didn't end until the cock crowed for the first time in the middle of the night. After setting off firecrackers, I sent my brother Fang to praise him: everyone went out together, both of them covered the door, and the couple met in the bridal chamber for the first time. After the praise, everyone withdrew from the bridal chamber and closed the door. Cover the door. .

Huimen is commonly known as? Please transfer horses? Or? A son-in-law . On the second day of marriage, in the morning, the bride went out to meet Weng Gu and her elders and meet relatives at home. Out of the hall? . And cooking in the kitchen for the first time, that is, ancient poetry? On the third day, cook instead of me and wash your hands to make bridal soup? . On this day, the bride's brother-in-law came to ask the bride and groom to go back to their home as guests? In-laws? Elders, relatives and friends. Mother's family held a luncheon, commonly known as? After the son-in-law finished drinking, the groom left first, and the bride didn't go home until dusk, bringing back a pair of chickens and a pair of sugar cane wrapped in red paper. I wish the husband and wife a happy life from beginning to end. The bride sits in a sedan chair in front when she goes, and comes back when she returns; In ancient times, it was riding back to the door, so it was commonly known as? Please go back to the horse .

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9. Change flowers

What will the woman do on the third day after marriage? Change the flower basket? It was given to the man by his brother-in-law to visit his newly married relatives. ? Change trays? There are red and white paper flowers, boys symbolized by white flowers and girls symbolized by red flowers.

New Year's Eve is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of marriage, and the bride's family prepares trays to give gifts to her husband's family. Gifts include noodles, pig's trotters, Redmi Tuan, and a pair of red lanterns with red silk and gold lettering, which were delivered to the door by a boy of 6 or 7 years old. Since the second year, only one pair of lanterns painted with white gauze and a small lantern (called Deng Zi) have been sent every year, which means? More every year? .

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